Racha Racha Article On Current Situation Of Cricket In India

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The ‘bring-us-their-heads' humiliation in store for the Fab Four only hijacks the debate from what IPL is doing to Indian cricket.
Scoring 30s and 40s (even 20s) at a quick clip is pretty okay in the Indian Premier League. That's what our guys in Australia are still doing. Consider that in the IPL you might earn two million dollars throwing your bat around for 30s and an occasional flaky 50. Or for bowling four overs a few times in a 90-day season. It's hard to strive for your best when there is so much incentive to do your worst. The same body, the BCCI, presides over both private (IPL) and national cricket. It enables huge moneys to be made by one. And strangles the golden goose that is the other. The problem is not that our ‘boys' have been playing [i]too much[/i] cricket. It's that they haven't been playing cricket. They've been playing IPL T20, where focus, concentration, technique and staying power count for little. And it's showing.
[b]Too much IPL[/b]
Is this a bad bunch of players out there? Wounded pride leads to that easy conclusion. In truth, Indian cricket — crazy as this might seem just now — has ridden for long on its finest batting line-up ever. We may never again see players of the greatness, quality and achievement of a Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman or Sehwag. You might still see late brilliance in the test that remains. But I wouldn't bet on it. There's been too much playing to advertising-driven, media-orchestrated euphoria with the IPL. You belt sixes over shortened boundaries, swank in and out in perhaps 30 balls — get lionised for it, and swagger all the way to the bank. Some players have done IPL seasons but skipped going to the West Indies just before difficult tours. Others when ‘tired' took their ‘break' from playing for the country. They played in the IPL, though, injuries and all. England and Australia were disasters waiting to happen. It's because you have great players that these have taken some time to unfold.
However talented, it's also about who you're playing for. Are you playing for your country, for those countless millions of fans who follow the fortunes of the national team, who make cricket the game it is in India? Or are you playing for Vijay Mallya, Mukesh Ambani [i]et al[/i]. This is a far more important question than a media self-servingly in love with the IPL will allow. We served up India's brightest and best to private team owners. Indian cricket paid the price. [color=#FF0000]Most of those who slaughtered us in England and Australia did not play in the IPL. Some took a conscious, and wise, decision to avoid it. Acclimatisation is not just about the weather and pitches. It's also about switching back mentally to the real game.[/color] And being clear on the source of your motivation.
[b]'Club over country'[/b]
We have every right to be shocked by the Indian team's showing. We have none at all to be surprised. Every step, every road led here. Remember the ‘club over country' debate when players skipped national-side tours but played the IPL? That debate missed the fact that there are no ‘clubs.' Not in plural anyway. The IPL related ‘clubs' do not exist as mass-based physical entities in the way their models elsewhere do. It's not about allegiance to ‘club over country.' Dressing it that way lends the tragedy a veneer of moral dilemma: do we play for those hordes supposedly backing our clubs, or for the countless millions of fans backing the national side?
The only ‘club' here is the Club of state-subsidised billionaires. (See[url="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article399250.ece"]: The Hindu, April 17[/url], 2010 [url="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article399250.ece"]http://www.thehindu....ticle399250.ece[/url]). The allegiance of the cricketing establishment, and thereby the players (and most of the media) is to this club. The BCCI today stands for Billionaires Control Cricket in India. Your top cricketing icons are reduced to assets in the balance sheets of corporates. The “bring-us-their-heads” humiliation that is in store for the team will actually hijack the debate from why things went wrong. The rants will be all about the players and their appalling performance. Maybe even a few yowls at the selectors. But little about how IPL has savaged Indian cricket and harmed the game around the world. The Laxman now being torn apart for performance has a stunning average in Australia and is surely one of the greatest batsmen ever. So are a couple of the others. It's not as if they haven't played and done well in Australia before. Is it just age?
Just weeks ago, the pundits said this was our best chance ever to beat Australia in Australia. Our best team possible. Did the best team ever age in weeks? What happened?
IPL happened. And happened [i]long before[/i] the disaster tours. A team full of players carrying injuries playing 90 days of sub-standard club-level cricket happened. That prepares you only for more sub-standard stuff, year after year, not cricket at the highest levels. They continue playing there with injuries because the BCCI-IPL has brought big bucks to the privately-owned side of the sport, not to the domestic game.
It is the domestic game that has been the feeder for Indian cricket. All our greats came through the Ranji grind. Some through the under-19. None emerged from the IPL which has in fact had a bad impact on the skills of youngsters who might have made fine test cricketers. Today, the feeder line is to the IPL. The Australians have a robust domestic circuit and a healthy gene pool. We are killing ours with neglect. Think of it: the BCCI could have boosted the domestic game. It has the money to do so, but not the motivation. The cash coming out of IPL goes to private pockets. That's more difficult to achieve with domestic cricket. The hyper-commercialisation of the game means it is today a mess of money, agents, lobbyists, corporates, endorsements, advertisers. Cricket is a by-product. (There are also times when selectors find it hard to drop some players because of their ‘brand value' in this system).
[b]Far-reaching impact[/b]
The impact goes beyond India. IPL affected the game everywhere in quality, schedules and priorities. A Malinga, perhaps the greatest Sri Lankan quick ever, quits test cricket to focus on it. For some nations, this worked out better over time. Several Australian and English IPL players are retirees. And in Australia's case, even the still-playing veterans skip the IPL to focus on national duty. In India, our very best are in there, deep. Now, out there in test cricket, it shows.
As one of India's more loved ex-cricketers is said to have told his friends off-record: the IPL-T20 is far from demanding and easy to play. Fielding? The ball might come your way five times in a match. And you have to bowl four overs max. And it's all over in four hours. The ODIs are far more demanding and, of course, five-day tests are the supreme challenge.
A few former greats — no enemies of Indian cricket — have worried about IPL's impact. They include Ian Botham and Arjuna Ranatunga. In India, some of the greatest of our greats, have not just refrained from criticism but vociferously defended IPL on countless television programmes. The co-opting power of the BCCI-IPL money machine is wondrous. Now and then, a little conflict-of-interest blip appears. Like commentators being paid crores by the BCCI — who are then unlikely to criticise its golden child. It is equally unlikely that media fed with crores of ad revenue will speak up either. Any other institution seeing half the scams and conflict of interest that the BCCI-IPL has, would long ago have drawn sharp media scrutiny. But whatever emerges does so when the IT or ED departments get active, not the media. There are also too many journalists co-opted into the IPL network, unable to look at it critically.
And there is no way serving players will criticise it (or anything the BCCI does if they value their careers). Not while it's positioned as the Kamadhenu of Cricket. That status was and is a choice the BCCI has consciously made. It controls the game in the country. With its money power, it lords over it at the global level too, in a manner that earns us the mistrust of other nations. It isn't just that BCCI chooses to privilege one format of the game over another. There could be, as some argue, a place for all three. BCCI chose to privilege the private over the public. We pay the price.
Here's the problem: when the shouting is done and the players heads have rolled, things won't get better. The system and gene pool of Indian cricket have been, are being radically altered for the worse. We need to think about how to revive the domestic game, rescue cricket from the billionaires club and restore it to the public domain.


[url="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2806156.ece"]http://www.thehindu....icle2806156.ece[/url]

[dilkush]

Veellani nammukuni okesaari Sachin, Dravid, Laxman ni peekithey.....next year club cricket kosam Sehwag inkaa evarainaa tests ki retirement prakatisthey.........India ki biscuit aey inkaa.....

[pirra_gichhutha]

[quote name='Dalapati' timestamp='1326857141' post='1301318273']
Veellani nammukuni okesaari Sachin, Dravid, Laxman ni peekithey.....next year club cricket kosam Sehwag inkaa evarainaa tests ki retirement prakatisthey.........India ki biscuit aey inkaa.....
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Basically ee article lo IPL valla actual cricket ela affect ayyindhi ani explain chesadu mama....many matched with my thoughts andhuke naku chala nachindhi

[Steelers]

picha lite, odipoyinappude IPL, endorsements gurthuku vasthay...... WC gelchinappudu endhuku raaledhu.... vaallu manchiga aaduthunnaru, manollu form lo leru....dheeniki IPL meedha thoyyalsina avasaram ledhu.....

Moreover senior players andhariki kaavalsinantha rest dhorikindhi after IPL, WC. Form lo lekapovadam valle odipothunnaru.

[dilkush]

[quote name='Chittimallu' timestamp='1326857242' post='1301318279']
Basically ee article lo IPL valla actual cricket ela affect ayyindhi ani explain chesadu mama....many matched with my thoughts andhuke naku chala nachindhi
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Yeah.....kaanie money andhuloney vundhi kaabatti IPL ni emie cheyyaru........BCCi ki ayinaa aey board ki ayinaa kaavalsindhi adhey kadaa.......

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[quote name='STELLAR' timestamp='1326857443' post='1301318294']
picha lite, odipoyinappude IPL, endorsements gurthuku vasthay...... WC gelchinappudu endhuku raaledhu.... vaallu manchiga aaduthunnaru, manollu form lo leru....dheeniki IPL meedha thoyyalsina avasaram ledhu.....
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Haha...nuvvu malli simple point miss avthunnav kada.... Playing ODIs in India does not require great skill and talent...but tests aadalante (adhi kooda forgein pitches meedha) chaala technique, skill, talent, consistency and temparament undali.....IPL aadithe technique aina nasanam avthundhi and moreover tests ki adhe mind set tho aadithe assame.....absolutely IPL dhe mistake

[Steelers]

[quote name='Chittimallu' timestamp='1326857564' post='1301318301']
Haha...nuvvu malli simple point miss avthunnav kada....[color=#ff0000] [/color]Playing ODIs in India does not require great skill and talent...but tests aadalante (adhi kooda forgein pitches meedha) chaala technique, skill, talent, consistency and temparament undali.....IPL aadithe technique aina nasanam avthundhi and moreover tests ki adhe mind set tho aadithe assame.....absolutely IPL dhe mistake
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mari india lo aadali ante em kaavali???... migatha teams anni vachi india lo endhuku odipothunnay....

Mee dravid and tendulkar lantolle statement ichanaru, IPL valla Test performances ki em dhebba undadhu ani.....vallakante manaki ekkuva thelvadhu anukunta......

moreover IPL raaka mundhu India anni test matches gelchinattu maatladuthunnav kadha....

[dilkush]

[quote name='STELLAR' timestamp='1326857921' post='1301318320']

mari india lo aadali ante em kaavali???... migatha teams anni vachi india lo endhuku odipothunnay....

Mee dravid and tendulkar lantolle statement ichanaru, IPL valla Test performances ki em dhebba undadhu ani.....vallakante manaki ekkuva thelvadhu anukunta......

moreover IPL raaka mundhu India anni test matches gelchinattu maatladuthunnav kadha....
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sssssshhhhhhhhhhhh.........Meeru iddaru emi disco chesthunanaur akanie.......COin ki 2 sides vunnattey......IPL valla kuudaa adavntages disadvantages vunnaayi.........iddari view correct aey........

[pirra_gichhutha]

[quote name='STELLAR' timestamp='1326857921' post='1301318320']
[color=#FF0000]mari india lo aadali ante em kaavali???... migatha teams anni vachi india lo endhuku odipothunnay....[/color][color=#008000]Mee dravid and tendulkar lantolle statement ichanaru, IPL valla Test performances ki em dhebba undadhu ani.....vallakante manaki ekkuva thelvadhu anukunta......[/color]

[color=#0000FF]moreover IPL raaka mundhu India anni test matches gelchinattu maatladuthunnav kadha....[/color]
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[color=#FF0000]India lo gelavalante kumble, harbhajan lanti oka solid spinner undali (or at least ashwin lanti decent spinner aina undali) and flat pitches meedha rechhipoye batsmen undali...ivi rendu manaki unnai...[color=#FF0000]also FYI Aus vallu test series gelicharu India lo[/color][/color]

[color=#008000]Naku Idea ledhu RD and ST ala annaru ani.....nenu matladedhi valla gurinchi kadhu endhukante they are legends and they can adjust to any format of the game quickly....but there are 8-9 other players apart from rd, st and vvs who are struggling becasuse of IPL[/color]

[color=#0000FF]I agree manam IPL mundhu kooda tests peddha ga gelavaledhu...but intha dhaarunam ga chethulu kooda ettheyaledhu....7 matches in a row with 4 innings defeat and heading towards second white wash within a span of 6-8 months is wat im talking abt[/color]

[Steelers]

[quote name='Dalapati' timestamp='1326858058' post='1301318328']
sssssshhhhhhhhhhhh.........Meeru iddaru emi disco chesthunanaur akanie.......COin ki 2 sides vunnattey......IPL valla kuudaa adavntages disadvantages vunnaayi.........iddari view correct aey........
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Oke oka disadvantage rest dhorakadhu.....daniki manollu kaavalsinappudu rest theesukuntunnaru kadha...... ippudu test team lo unnavaallu maximum rest dhorikindhi after IPL.

[Steelers]

[quote name='Chittimallu' timestamp='1326858185' post='1301318335']
[color=#FF0000]India lo kavalante kumble, harbhajan lanti oka solid spinner undali (or at least ashwin lanti decent spinner aina undali) and flat pitches meedha rechhipoye batsmen undali...ivi rendu manaki unnai...[color=#FF0000]also FYI Aus vallu test series gelicharu India lo[/color][/color]

[color=#008000]Naku Idea ledhu RD and ST ala annaru ani.....nenu matladedhi valla gurinchi kadhu endhukante they are legends and they can adjust to any format of the game quickly....but there are 8-9 other players apart from rd, st and vvs who are struggling becasuse of IPL[/color]

[color=#0000FF]I agree manam IPL mundhu kooda tests peddha ga gelavaledhu...but intha dhaarunam ga chethulu kooda ettheyaledhu....7 matches in a row with 4 innings defeat and heading towards second white wash within a span of 6-8 months is wat im talking abt[/color]
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Ball ni spin chesthe talent anraa??? Flat pitches meedha aadithe talent anaraa???

IPL start ayina first season tharvatha ne itlantivi start ayinay.....IPL, T20 valla Test cricket ki dhebba adhi idhi ani...ee legends appude cheppinaru, rendu different formats em kadhu ani.....

Ganguly era mundhu masthu ga jariginay itlanti white wash series lu..... SL ki poyyi kooda odipoyyi vachina rojulu unnay (i mean sub continent)

Finally, Form leka povadam vallane odipothunnaru,..... IPL, Endorsements kadhu. Period.

[dilkush]

[quote name='STELLAR' timestamp='1326858308' post='1301318338']


Oke oka disadvantage rest dhorakadhu.....daniki manollu kaavalsinappudu rest theesukuntunnaru kadha...... ippudu test team lo unnavaallu maximum rest dhorikindhi after IPL.
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rest ani kaadhu kaanie........itlanti cricket valla future lo test cricket meedha evaruu intrest chuuparu........annie flat pitches meedha 6lu 4lu kotti......tests lo manchi bowling pitches vunty aadalekapothaaru janaalu anie....nenu anedhi ippduu kaahdu.........after 10yrs taruvaata aah effect vuntadhi anie..............IPL laantivi 2 months vundatma valla....verey countries ki chaala effect paduhtundhei.....ledaa big bash laagaa country matches jariginaa madhyala madhyaloo vundaali kaanie.....club cricket kosam country matches ni 2 months aapoddhu anie.

ikkada nenu anedhi Club Cricket Vs Test Cricket maatramey......IPL VS Indian cricket ani kaahdu.........

ofcourse fielding chaala improve avuthadhi,.........players innovative gaa aalochistaaru anukoo.........andhukey advantages disadvantages vuntaayi anie..........

[dkchinnari]

essays srt ayyaii gelusthe evi gurthuku raavu..odipothe savathengadaniki prathi vodu ready avuthadu

[dkchinnari]

[quote name='Dalapati' timestamp='1326858722' post='1301318366']
rest ani kaadhu kaanie........itlanti cricket valla future lo test cricket meedha evaruu intrest chuuparu........annie flat pitches meedha 6lu 4lu kotti......tests lo manchi bowling pitches vunty aadalekapothaaru janaalu anie....nenu anedhi ippduu kaahdu.........after 10yrs taruvaata aah effect vuntadhi anie..............IPL laantivi 2 months vundatma valla....verey countries ki chaala effect paduhtundhei.....ledaa big bash laagaa country matches jariginaa madhyala madhyaloo vundaali kaanie.....club cricket kosam country matches ni 2 months aapoddhu anie.

ikkada nenu anedhi Club Cricket Vs Test Cricket maatramey......IPL VS Indian cricket ani kaahdu.........

ofcourse fielding chaala improve avuthadhi,.........players innovative gaa aalochistaaru anukoo.........andhukey advantages disadvantages vuntaayi anie..........
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seffindhi saale...pani suusko...

[pirra_gichhutha]

[quote name='STELLAR' timestamp='1326858556' post='1301318354']

[color=#FF0000]Ball ni spin chesthe talent anraa??? Flat pitches meedha aadithe talent anaraa???[/color]

[color=#008000]IPL start ayina first season tharvatha ne itlantivi start ayinay.....IPL, T20 valla Test cricket ki dhebba adhi idhi ani...ee legends appude cheppinaru, rendu different formats em kadhu ani.....[/color]

[color=#0000FF]Ganguly era mundhu masthu ga jariginay itlanti white wash series lu..... SL ki poyyi kooda odipoyyi vachina rojulu unnay (i mean sub continent)[/color]

[color=#A52A2A]Finally, Form leka povadam vallane odipothunnaru,..... IPL, Endorsements kadhu. Period.[/color]
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[color=#FF0000]andhuke manalni home tigers anedhi....ippati varaku okka non sub continent test series victory kooda ledhu manaki (apart from silly WI tour in the recent past)....asalu cricket ni serious ga follow ayye evarikaina thelusu test series value ento and please dont compare it with T20.....flat pitches meedha perform cheyyadaniki entha talent kavali when the ball is not bouncing, not seaming or not swinging? [/color]

[color=#008000]Rendu different formats and nenu anedhi commercial IPL valla cricket (tests) odipothunnam manam ani...if u r happy with IPL then its fine and God bless you but to me IPL is far more useless than a used napkin cuz I love cricket as it used to be.[/color]

[color=#0000FF]okati ara odipovadam pedha matter kadhu....it always happens anytime and in any era.....but paper meedha intha strong ga unna team oka bachha team (with so many youngsters and newbies) tho odipovadam adhi kooda intha dharunam ga ante....its alarming[/color]

[color=#A52A2A]Form lekapovadam kadhu....I bet idhe team ni India theesukelli T20 lu aadisthe racha leputharu...its just that they are more used to T20s and are not concentrating on tests...[/color]

Naku inka aapice lo pani vachindhi so I rest my case here